Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-30
State AFFAIRS.
The Greer County Bill Amended by
the House. Senate Passes
the Educational Bill.
The House Passes the BIZ TO Establish
State Orphan Asylum, Leaving
the Location Undecided.
COmptroIler's Ruling iU Regard to Tax
Exemptions-Eud OF the Contest on
the General Laad Ell,
THE GREER COUNTY BILL.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, March ga brief
but spirited discussion arose in the House
this morning on a motion of Mr.. Moore
of Travis TO reconsider the vote by which
the bill to validate land titles II Greer
county passed and to lay that motion OF
the table. The object Of the motion was
20 place the bill in q position TO be re
turned to the senate so that the bill COult
be passed, and the owners of CeTtiti ,ates
receive the benefits of the act. The merits
of the bill formed the basis OF
the discussion. The force of argument
of the opposition was Centered on the
character of the certificates to De given
in exchange for the cancelled patents
returned to the General Land office. The
friends of the bill desired the state to
return to the owners the same character
of certificates as the originals.
The motion to reconsider was adopted,
and the bill came up on its final passage
when the following amendment was
adopted: Crowded, that said ceftif-
Gates shall not be located On any lands
heretofore forfeited or that may
hereafter be forfeited to the state
by any railroad company, nor
any Of the lands that are
or may be reserved from location; and
provided, thav said pa'euts " returned 20
the General Land Office and be by them
cancelled and new certificates issued
therefor IS herein provided, en- or by Jan
uary l, 1888, ana no new certificates shall
be issued after that time"
The bill then passed.
4 C0LORSD ASYLUM.
The substitute House bill 10 establish
an asylum for the deaf and dumb and
the blind Of the youth of color
of the state of Texas and to provide for
it's maintenance, and making an spprO-
priatIUn therefor, came up to-day. The
bill makes It the duty Of the Governor,
immediately Gfter the passage of this act,
to appoint three commissioners 10 select
a suitable site for SAID asylum, said site
to be at or near the city of Austin, and
shall not be less ia ext mt than four acres.
The bill appropristes $50 600, or so much
thereof as NAV be necessary for the estab-
lishment OF the asylum. 1t also pro-
vides for the appointment OF
superintendent of the asylum at
salary of $500, the asylum TO be regu-
lated by the same laws and rules as
govern the white asylum. The provisions
of the bill were adopted by sections in
the committee of the whole who reported
back with recommendation that it pass.
The House then took up the bill and
passed it to engrossment. The rules
were then suspended and the bill passed
by vote of IS to 9.
CHARTERED.
The San Antonio Electric Light and
Power Company filed q charter in the
Secretary of States office to-day. The
capital stock is SI00,000 tncorpOrators,
Louis S. Berg, Sidney Tuttlc and Henry
D. Berg.
EXECUTIVE OFF CT.
Governor Ross received a letter to-day
from Mrs. MOhl, Secretary of the WOman's
National Press Association of Washington
City, containing copy of the constitution
of the association and other information
Mrs. Mohl is s talented Texas lady, and
daughter of Judge Hadley, one of the eX-
Supreme Judges of the state.
PETITION FROM SALOON 3IEN.
The saloon men of Lampasas county
sent up petition to the Governor to-day
asking him to Withho his signature
from the approval of an act of the Legis-
lature amending the retail liquor license
law. The petitioners set forth that the
provisions of the act that requires the
dealer to give bond of $4,000 virtually
acts as q prohibition, because small
dealers cannot give the bond. II
also claims that the section referring
to pool and billiard tables will operate to
confscate private property, as it will be
impossible for dealers to sell their pool
and billiard tables. II is evident from
the tone Of this petition that if the high
license features of the bill had been re-
tanned it would have proved to be pro
hibitOry law.
THE EDUCATIONAL BILL.
The Senate resumed consideration OF
the educational bill at the evening ses-
sion. The only discussion arose on a
motion to strike out the section creating
the office of county superintendent,
which was voted down and the section
was adopted The rules were then sus-
pended and the bill passed.
STATE ORPHAN ASYLUM.
The bill to provide for the purchase Of
a site and the establishment, location,
and maintenance, of state
Continued on Fifth PGQsS